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AIFD Newsletter
April 21, 2017
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This Friday at dancing:
Live music by Women Singing!!!
Sharon DJs, Lila assists. |
  Join us for a lively evening of folk dancing as we welcome Women Singing (Anne Alexander, Dee McCandless, Kathleen McDonagh, Holly Plotner, and Joane Rylander) to AIFD to perform a set of fantastic folk songs! Our DJ will be Sharon Casteel. Sharon will be assisted by Lila Luce. |
 Teaching: This week, Holly Plotner will be teaching dances from the 2017 San Antonio Folk Dance Festival. This will be a great opportunity to review the dances you learned if you attended the festival and to learn some dances if you were unable to attend. Teaching begins at 7. |
Friday, April 21, 7-9:45 pm.
The admission fee is $5 for those 18 and older.
There is no fee for those under 18,
but they must be supervised by a designated person 18 or older.
Hancock Rec Center (HRC)
AIFD is organized exclusively for educational purposes, including the promotion and teaching of traditional folk dance, music and crafts native to a variety of countries.
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Possible new sign in process at HRC.
As many folks have heard, Austin Parks and Recreation (PARD) is developing a new system to better track usage of PARD facilities. To date the process has not been finalized. As AIFD receives more information, it will be distributed at dancing as well as via the newsletter, aifd.cc, and the AIFD FB pages.
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Friday, May 12: Elections and May Birthdays.
 
Come to folk dancing to vote for the 2017-18 AIFD Board! We’ll also celebrate our fellow dancers who have a birthday or anniversary in May.
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Friday, May 19: No Dancing - HRC closed.
Hancock Rec Center will be closed for maintenance.
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Link of the week:
Accent: music and dance of the Georgia Sea Islands (1962)
- What was on TV 55 years ago.
Other dance links
AIFD:(Contact & Board page)
Wednesdays, 7:30 - 9:45 pm, Free:
1st Wed: Singing at Stephanie’s house;
2nd Wed: Music Jam, HRC;
4th Wed: Music jam or dance review, HRC;
Last/5th Wed: Dance - often with live music, HRC;
No partners necessary for dance. |
Mondays, 7-9:45, HRC, backroom, free.
No partner necessary, we rotate often. |
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Upcoming "Other Dance" features
A list of non-AIFD events you may be interested in:
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Sunday, April 30: Women Singing.
 Women Singing (Anne Alexander, Dee McCandless, Kathleen McDonagh, Holly Plotner, and Joane Rylander) will be performing at 1:15 and 2:30 PM at Central Market as part of the Texas Community Music Festival. Come say hi, enjoy the music, and perhaps even dance a little!
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Congratulations to AIFD on the celebration of its 55th anniversary last week.
In attendance were some familiar faces who were folk dancing in Austin or San Antonio 55 years ago: From left to right: John Ramage, Dena Houston, Dee McCandless, Chuck Roth, Brenda Benton, and Franklin Houston. 
Click on picture for a larger image. Thanks to Bill Christensen for providing the picture and to Franklin Houston for editing it.
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